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gibbier

gibbier noun: wildfowl; game.

Noun

gibbier

  1. (obsolete) wildfowl; game
    • the Fowl and Gibier are Tax free.1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 209
    • The bread muſt ſoon be of the fineſt wheat; poultry and gibbier must be added to beef and mutton1787, John Adams, A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States

Origin of gibbier

From French gibier.

Questions about gibbier

What does gibbier mean?
Gibbier means wildfowl; game.
What part of speech is gibbier?
Gibbier is a noun.

Words near gibbier in the dictionary

  1. gibbetted
  2. gibbetting
  3. gibbettings
  4. gibbi
  5. Gibbie
  6. gibbier
  7. Gibbies
  8. gibbing
  9. Gibbins
  10. Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit
  11. gibbis

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